kuarahy'ã

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwaɾahɨˈʔã/
  • (Paraguayan Guarani) IPA(key): [kwaɾahɨˈʔã], [-xɨˈʔã]
  • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [kwaɾahɨˈʔã], [-ʔə̃]
  • (Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): [kwaɾahɨˈ(ʔ)ã], [-xɨˈ(ʔ)ã]
  • Rhymes: -ã

Etymology

From kuarahy (“sun”) +‎ ã (“to cover with something”).

Cognates

Related terms

Mbyá Guaraní kuarayã, Eastern Bolivian Guaraní kuarãya, Chané kuarasỹa, Tenharim kuarahy'ang, and Nheengatu kwarasi'anga.

Noun

kuarahy'ã (plural kuarahy'ãnguéra, locative kuarahy'ãme, semblative kuarahy'ãicha)

  1. a shadow made by the blocking of sunlight
  2. (by extension, Spanish or Portuguese influenced) any shadow
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